Sony LMD-A240 Operating Instructions Manual page 23

Camera metadata display
Notes
You cannot display all the metadata information.
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 To display the camera metadata on the screen, the
camera and lens need to be compatible with the
metadata output.
[Focus Assist]
Press the button to confirm the camera focus. An image
with sharpened edges is displayed. Set the camera focus
in [Focus Assist Setting] (see page 28).
[Focus Gain]
Press the button to display the adjustment screen and
adjust the level of edge sharpening. Press again to hide
the adjustment screen. However, the level of edge
sharpening remains adjustable. Turn the menu selection
control right to increase the edge sharpening, or left to
decrease it.
[Chroma Up]
Press the button to display the chroma component with
an increase of 12 dB.
[Auto SDI Switch]
Press the button to switch between the two inputs of the
SDI signal automatically for comparison. The setting of
switching duration is performed in the [P&P Setting]
menu (see page 28).
Note
When [Auto SDI Switch] is set to on, the following
functions turn off.
 [Time Code]
 [Closed Caption]
[Line Doubler]
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[Blending]
Press the button to overlay the two inputs of the SDI
signal.
SDI1 and SDI2
Note
When [Blending] is set to on, the following functions
turn off.
 [Time Code]
[Closed Caption]
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[Line Doubler]
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[Difference]
Press the button to display the differences between the
brightness signal components of the two inputs of the
SDI signal. The matching parts of the brightness signals
are shown in gray and the unmatching parts are shown
in black and white according to the difference in
brightness.
Note
When [Difference] is set to on, the following functions
turn off.
[Time Code]
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[Closed Caption]
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[Side by Side]
Press the button to display the two inputs of the SDI
signal in the same screen side by side.
Notes
When [Side by Side] is set to on, the scan setting
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changes to the normal scan.
 To display asynchronous input signals side by side on
the same screen, use [Sync-free Side by Side] (see
page 26).
When [Side by Side] is set to on, the following functions
turn off.
 [Time Code]
 [Closed Caption]
[Marker]
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[Grid]
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[Line Doubler]
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The only audio output is the input (embedded) audio
signal shown on the left side of the screen.
[Wipe]
Press the button to display the two inputs of the SDI
signal connected at the boundary location. The
boundary line setting is performed in the [P&P Setting]
The overlaid images of the
SDI1 and SDI2 signals are
displayed.
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Adjustment Using the Menus